Thanks Elias and Blake for your thoughtful replies which have given me more insight into the matter, and brought up a number of great points (:>)
First, my immediate goal is to get GNU APL running under Windows. Here's my alternatives so far - . APL.exe - Explore using apl.exe with xterm under Cygwin. (See Juergen's note, in another email) I will report on my success. o Has anyone else done it this way? . Under Cygwin looks like I need to follow "the usual configure / make" process. Looks like I'll have to work on this. o Is there any specific documentation on this? (PS - I'm not asking people to write this for me if it doesn't exist, just, where is it?) Has anyone made up some "cheat sheet" for this, etc? If it's worth running GNU APL under Windows, I'm happy to help write up some documentation, but as mentioned, I'd be interested in getting a sense of how many people would be interested, besides myself, and it is best if it fits into the objective(s) of the GNU APL Project. I guess I have to ask - what is the objective of the GNU APL Project? And to further the objective, what are the targeted platforms? Is Windows is a target platform for GNU APL? In other words, is having Windows a target platform an objective of the GNU APL Project? I presumed it was, as a solid freely available "APL2 clone" , that is, one following ISO Standard Extended APL, available to the computing community , is actually a unique offering in today's APL world. For example, the objective of the NARS2000 project is clearly stated in home page of the web site (www.nars2000.org): "The goal of this effort . is to foster new ideas about the [APL] language and its implementation." To further this goal, the NARS2000 interpreter is freely available as a 32- or 64-bit Windows-based executable, initially designed to run on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, and they claim it will run under other operating systems, such as Linux using Wine. Notwithstanding that Linux is a wonderful system, which I totally agree with, there's an awful lot of Windows users and systems out there, not just me! The Windows audience is huge, after all, that's why Cygwin exists, I suppose (:>) Regards, Richard Levine Professor, School of Computer Technology, George Brown College 416-460-6499
